Men On The Moon 50 Years Later

     Fifty years ago two men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, were on the moon. We all watched on TVs which were tiny by today's standards and were by in large black and white models. Color would truly captivate the consumer market beginning in the 1970s, with sizes which were still tiny in comparison to the big screens which took over the market in the 21st century.

     If one didn't have a color TV to view the moon walk and the pictures they brought back, you have only hazy grey recollections like mine. Even now I remember the hours we spent in front of the TV following the feats of these astronauts without color. Later when the pictures appeared in the color magazines of the day, like Life, could  I truly appreciate the enormity of what had been accomplished. Thousands of women and men had collaborated to send men to the Moon and return them safely to Earth. Just saying it now still seems amazing to me.